Mosque of ‘Amr ibn al-‘Āṣ

The Amr ibn al-As Mosque is a , located in the neighbourhood of , . Named in honour of the Arab Muslim commander Amr ibn al-As, the mosque was built in c. 642 CE as the centre of the newly founded capital of Egypt, .
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  • Religious organization
  • …lies at an elevation of 19 metres (62 feet)
  • Description: mosque in Egypt
  • Also known as
    “‘Amrū Ibn al ‘Āş Mosque”
    “Amr ibn al-‘As”
    “Amr Ibn Al-Aas Mosque (Cairo)”
    “Amr ibn al-As Mosque”
    “Amr ibn el-As”
    “Jami‘ ’Amr ibn al-‘As”
    “Masjid ‘Amrū Bin al ‘Āş”
    “mosque of ‘Amr ibn al-‘Aṣī”
    “ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fustat and Coptic Museum.
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Fusṭāṭ was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, nowadays part of . is situated 360 metres southeast of Mosque of ‘Amr ibn al-‘Āṣ.
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The is a in , Egypt… is situated 510 metres southwest of Mosque of ‘Amr ibn al-‘Āṣ.
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The , sometimes referred to as the… is situated 480 metres south of Mosque of ‘Amr ibn al-‘Āṣ.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Cairo and Sayyidah Zainab District.
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is the extensive district of southern …
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Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of , .
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is a well-planned and leafy district…

Mosque of ‘Amr ibn al-‘Āṣ

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Latitude
30.00981° or 30° 0′ 35″ north
Longitude
31.23284° or 31° 13′ 58″ east
Open location code
8G2H265M+W4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28827688
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­religious
Geo­Names ID
7922959
Wiki­data ID
Q683511

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Western Mari—“Mosque of ‘Amr ibn al-‘Āṣ” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Meuseujid Amru bin ‘Ash”
  • Achinese: “Meuseujid Amru bin ’Ash”
  • Albanian: “Xhamia e Amrit”
  • Arabic: “جامع عمرو بالفسطاط”
  • Arabic: “جامع عمرو بن العاص بالقاهرة”
  • Arabic: “جامع عمرو بن العاص”
  • Arabic: “عمرو بن العاص”
  • Arabic: “مسجد عمرو بن العاص”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əmr ibn əl-Əs məscidi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əmr ibn Əs məscidi”
  • Basque: “Amr ibn al-As meskita”
  • Bengali: “আমর ইবনুল আস মসজিদ”
  • Bosnian: “Džamija Amra ibn El-Asa”
  • Catalan: “mesquita d’Amr”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita d’Amr”
  • Chinese: “阿姆鲁·伊本·阿斯清真寺”
  • Chinese: “阿姆鲁·本·阿斯清真寺”
  • Chinese: “阿慕尔·本·阿绥清真寺”
  • Dutch: “Mosque of Amr ibn al-As”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جامع عمرو بن العاص”
  • Finnish: “Amr ibn al-Asin moskeija”
  • French: “mosquée Amr ibn al-As”
  • French: “Mosquée Amr ibn al-As”
  • French: “Mosquée d’Amr ibn el-As”
  • French: “mosquée ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ”
  • French: “Gâmaʼ Aʼmrou” (historical)
  • French: “mosquée d’Amrou” (historical)
  • French: “mosquée de Amr ibn el-Âss” (historical)
  • French: “mosquée de ʽAmr” (historical)
  • German: “Amr Ibn el As-Moschee”
  • German: “Moschee des ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀs”
  • Hausa: “Masallacin Amr ibn al-As”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד עמר אבן אל-עאץ”
  • Hindi: “अम्र इब्न अल-आस मस्जिद”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Amru bin Ash”
  • Italian: “moschea di Amr ibn al-As”
  • Italian: “Moschea di Amr ibn al-As”
  • Japanese: “アムル・イブン・アル＝アース・モスク”
  • Kazakh: “Әмір ибн әл-Ас мешіті”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Amr ibn al-As”
  • Lithuanian: “Amro mečetė”
  • Macedonian: “Џамија Амр Ибн Ал-Ас”
  • Malay: “Masjid Amr ibn al-Aas”
  • Persian: “مسجد عمرو بن عاص”
  • Polish: “Meczet Amr ibn al-As”
  • Polish: “Meczet Amra Ibn al-Asa”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita de Amr ibn al-As”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita de Anre ibne Alas”
  • Romanian: “Moscheea Amr”
  • Russian: “Мечеть Амра ибн аль-Аса”
  • Russian: “Мечеть Амра”
  • Slovenian: “Mošeja Amr ibn al-‘As”
  • Slovenian: “Mošeja Amr ibn al-’As”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita de Amr ibn al-As”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita de Amr”
  • Turkish: “Amr b. As Camii”
  • Turkish: “Amr bin Âs Camii”
  • Turkish: “Amr Cami”
  • Turkish: “Amr Camii”
  • Ukrainian: “Мечеть Амра”
  • Urdu: “مسجد عمرو بن العاص”
  • Uzbek: “Amir masjidi”
  • Western Mari: “Амр Ибн Аль-Ас мечеть”

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